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MLB Off-season Thread 2015-2016 IOTI Back to the Future was a lie
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XiaNaphryz
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Ookiku Furikabutte is the superior series! Give it at least a couple episodes into their first practice game at the very least.
At the very least, there is always Hajime no Ippo.
BFIB
Member
Oh thank the maker.
the intro stuff is slower and builds up the character and what not, it becomes more and more baseball focused with each passing season. If you aren't feeling it though you could just read a quick summery of season 1 and move to season 2 which picks up with him in highschool instead of grade school as that is the version of goro that we spend a lot more time with.
I prefer cross game to touch (couldn't get into touch) and they are by the same author. The baseball stuff often takes a back seat though which isn't a horrible thing, unless you want to watch baseball
Do any of the streaming services have Major? Can't seem to find it.
The Elite
BOSS
Donaldson on the Vikings set
dude seriously looks like one already without getting any work done lol
Fits right in.
I might just do that. The grade school part is boring and I'm not a big fan of the slice of love the show does. I really just want baseball, which is why I like ace of diamond so much.the intro stuff is slower and builds up the character and what not, it becomes more and more baseball focused with each passing season. If you aren't feeling it though you could just read a quick summery of season 1 and move to season 2 which picks up with him in highschool instead of grade school as that is the version of goro that we spend a lot more time with.
I prefer cross game to touch (couldn't get into touch) and they are by the same author. The baseball stuff often takes a back seat though which isn't a horrible thing, unless you want to watch baseball
I'll look into it.
Ookiku Furikabutte is the superior series! Give it at least a couple episodes into their first practice game at the very least.
At the very least, there is always Hajime no Ippo.
Ippo is the GOAT sports anime.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Ookiku has quite a bit of slice of life stuff inbetween games, but the practices and (especially) games themselves are full of baseball decisions - what the catcher is thinking in an at-bat as the count changes, what the hitter's thinking as he progresses through what the pitcher is throwing, the coaches thinking in the dugouts, etc.
When it comes to the actual in-game stuff, I find Ookiku the best of the baseball anime options and (for the most part) the most grounded - no real super powered abilities or moves. But as a result of showing all that stuff, one episode may only cover a few innings at a time for the games they really want to go in-depth on.
...that's an entirely different category I think
After Kuroko's Basketball, maybe. But then again that has super powers (even though it's more about the character drama) so probably off several of ya'll's lists.
The best part about Ace of the Diamond is the characters. I'm at the point where I want Yakushi to go to nationals because of how likable the characters are. And obviously I was rooting for Akikawa too.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
I gotta get tix for that.
You sold me. I'll check it out after major.
Damn auto correct lol.
I like Kuroko but the super powers can be a bit too much at times.
Where can I read ace of diamond? I'm caught up with the anime and want more.
For free? Mangafox.
XiaNaphryz
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Warning - the main pitcher character can be REALLY REALLY annoying due to how mentally fragile he starts out as. You'll have to stick with it a bit and deal until he gets less whiny.
CosmicQueso
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He used very specific language. Of course he won't say that it's surely coming when it's one of the owners' primary bargaining levers for the next CBA.
chicagocubsfan
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Slam Dunk will always be the best sports anime imo.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Why are Mets gonna retire the number of a dodger legend?
Silver Arrows
Banned
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Aw man I agree with a Cubs fan
i really wouldn't bother.
the game that is just starting is the only thing you would really get with the manga as the series went on hiatus after that game and only recently came back so there really isn't much at all to read right now.
I would just wait out the rest of the game and then pick up the manga as even then you will only have like an hour of reading to be fully caught up. (I am expecting the series to end in 9 more eps or so, as otherwise the game would need to hit like 21 episodes which would be crazy @_@)
if you mean superior series at ruining chances for far better series to be licenced since it turned off funimation from sports series for a while than sure
otherwise while it's an alright series both ace and major are better. ookiku is a bit more grounded but i actively hate the main character. Main character of Ace is annoying at times but can be amusing... ookiku's is just pure annoying as the shy girl trope doesn't work as a main character of any show let alone as the male main character of a baseball anime :/
I will agree he does eventually get a little better, but the show would be better if the main character was replaced with generic pitcher 10 and it just focused on the catcher >.>
Frozenprince
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I can't get into Ookiku, the main character is just. So. Annoying. Good baseball anime since they spend 90% of it just playing baseball.
But he's SOOOOOOOOO annoying.
But he's SOOOOOOOOO annoying.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
if you mean superior series at ruining chances for far better series to be licenced since it turned off funimation from sports series for a while than sure
That's more on Funi then anything given the domestic market downswing accelerating at the time, for both the gamble on the license and their resulting decision on the sports genre.
Later in the first season and beyond it's a lot more manageable since the other characters get a lot more screentime. I ended up finding him more amusing than annoying by then.
Where's NomarTyme??? I need more Ookiku defenders, even if he's a Doyers fan.
Frozenprince
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Touch remains the GOAT, IMO.
XiaNaphryz
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Too much non-baseball for me in that one.
Frozenprince
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True, I suppose it's more a character drama using baseball as a framing device.
Is anybody but me reading the Daiya manga? It's gotten stupid good so far. Narumiya and Raichi are dueling.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Anime sucks.
Frozenprince
Banned
LOL no. Nobody is doing anything else. The market is basically decided.
MOAR ANIME TALK
it would be nice if there was some more movement on stuff.
I mean feb is just around the corner so soon we will have training camps at least.
I can't wait for the season to start so the white sox can surprise people with their current team and ultimately win the world series
Mr. Enigma
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it would be nice if there was some more movement on stuff.
I mean feb is just around the corner so soon we will have training camps at least.
I can't wait for the season to start so the white sox can surprise people with their current team and ultimately win the world series
Funny joke. It's an even year. You know how that ends.
the deal with Satan was only for 3 times. the 4th will not happen
we already saw the curse weakening in 2014 when they didn't have enough oomph to win the division (the deal clearly had just enough power to let them finish the 3 though)
Mr. Enigma
Member
Jesus, not this again
Commissioner Manfred wants 2017 Regular Season games played in London, England
Commissioner Manfred wants 2017 Regular Season games played in London, England
im okay with this... lets ship of the yankees and red sox repeatedly to europe... and then leave them there >.>
No thanks. The rift in the space time continuum would lead to 6 hour games between those two. I can't handle that.
Silver Arrows
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CosmicQueso
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This is the correct answer.
XiaNaphryz
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
He would have been banned like 10 more times already.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Good.
brianjones
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XiaNaphryz
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XiaNaphryz
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Aren't we supposed to get a new Power Pros next year?
More hyped about that!
More hyped about that!
Aren't we supposed to get a new Power Pros next year?
More hyped about that!
It's this year!!!! ("Spring")
I am soooo hyped for PS4 Power Pros. I lost so much time to Power Pros 2014, though most of that was in the high school management mode and sadly that's not back this year.
If 2014 had a flaw, it was the FTP aspects around Success Mode. This year they're just up and splitting that off into a separate FTP game. Power Pros created in that game can be imported over to the main game.
Gematsu translation of early info: http://gematsu.com/2016/01/first-look-jikkyou-powerful-pro-baseball-2016-success-special
Website with pics: http://www.konami.jp/pawa/2016/ & http://www.konami.jp/pawa/success_sp/index.html
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
It's this year!!!! ("Spring")
I am soooo hyped for PS4 Power Pros. I lost so much time to Power Pros 2014, though most of that was in the high school management mode and sadly that's not back this year.
If 2014 had a flaw, it was the FTP aspects around Success Mode. This year they're just up and splitting that off into a separate FTP game. Power Pros created in that game can be imported over to the main game.
Gematsu translation of early info: http://gematsu.com/2016/01/first-look-jikkyou-powerful-pro-baseball-2016-success-special
Website with pics: http://www.konami.jp/pawa/2016/ & http://www.konami.jp/pawa/success_sp/index.html
Sounds like you should make the OT for the game when it hits. I made the OTs for the original MLB Power Pro as well as the 2008 game, someone else can do this next one. ;P
Making an OT for a game that like 3 people outside of Japan will play seems like a bad time though.
:/